{"id":87,"date":"2017-03-01T17:15:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T17:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vortext.org\/4dc\/?p=87"},"modified":"2019-08-01T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:03:24","slug":"fuel-matrix-limited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vortext.org\/4dc\/timeline\/fuel-matrix-limited\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Matrix Limited"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-87\" data-postid=\"87\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-87 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ni25858 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_t42j859 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_mx4d134   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>4 D Concepts joined with Fuel Matrix Limited to help with technology delivery of a patented method for reducing fuel loading on aircraft with a view to reduce the cost of burning fuel to carry fuel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4 D Concepts, interpreted the patent calculations, specified and adapted its own generic iOS code libraries (qForm Library) for custom form delivery and deployed an iOS application to provide pilots with a fuelling re-calculation.<\/p>\n<p>4 D Concepts researched the fuel savings from historic data established through Virgin Airlines and Hawaiian Air and found that they were statistically insignificant and more importantly could not be predicted with certainty without increasing the risk to aircraft flight safety.<\/p>\n<p>The patent was considered immaterial in a practical sense.<\/p>\n<p>The industry had also moved from paper based systems to in-cockpit devices which set the standard for adoption for fuel saving too high for 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